A political party is like a very large, extremely annoying extended family. Active involvement takes over one’s life. One can therefore imagine the emotional wrench Nigel Farage experienced when he left UKIP a couple of weeks ago. His was the face of UKIP. Not only had he given his life to UKIP but as a founding member in 1992, he had … [Read on]
Labour is tying itself in knots. The Conservatives are in an existential crisis. UKIP is in danger of tearing itself apart. It’s all about class again. Labour is really the funniest – nowhere does the British class system rear its ugly head more than in the current day labour party. There you have Corbyn and McDonnell, old Trots, who believe … [Read on]
Many people are naturally conservative. I am sure most of the people in Liverpool are quite clear what is the difference between a man and a woman. They also know that open borders. leads to lower wages. But what the people in Liverpool, Stoke, Mansfield and many other towns do not like, is the feeling that they are being completely … [Read on]
I used to work for the French bank, Banque Nationale de Paris, generally known as BNP. They used to employ about two thousand people in their large, London offices. All their front-line trading staff were in London, not Paris. When I visited Paris, I asked why. I was told very simply, it is because we cannot fire people even if … [Read on]
According to The British Beer and Pub Association, 10,500 pubs have closed since 2000. Just imagine if even a small proportion of these pubs get turned into Mosques. That is what seems to be happening in East Anglia. Disused pubs are generally cheap to buy because they have commercial planning permission and few other uses. They can be found on … [Read on]
In 2012, Charles Murray, the American author, famous for the book, ‘The Bell Curve’, wrote a new and similarly controversial book called, ‘Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.’ In it, he examined the American, white working class, losing all the traditional values that had previously held them, their families and their society together. At the same time, Murray … [Read on]
I run a volunteer education and healthcare charity in an extremely rural and traditional area of Nepal. When we send students to villages to help, I always write them a list of cultural ‘do’s’ and ‘don’ts’ so as not to cause offence to local people. The list includes clothing, washing, food, people’s houses, money, gifts, temples and monasteries and so … [Read on]
The Right Honourable Heather Wheeler, is our ‘Housing and Homelessness Minister.’ She recently spoke at an event for twenty minutes, discussing her role doing that job. On neither the issue of housing, nor homelessness, did she once mention immigration. When questioned about the rise of ‘Populism’, she proceeded to explain that Mrs May was a ‘very popular’ MP, in her … [Read on]
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